Dr. Sabina Shaikh is an Economics lecturer at the University of Chicago in Public Policy and the Program on Global Environment (http://pge.uchicago.edu/).  She is also a Senior Research Economist with RCF Economic Consulting (http://www.rcfecon.com/).  Her research includes the valuation of economic benefits from improvements in environmental and natural resource quality in the Great Lakes region as well as the use of economic incentives and frameworks for pollution control and ecosystem improvements.

Dr. Shaikh has a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis. She has published papers on topics related to endangered species habitat protection, fisheries management, the connection of ecosystems to poverty and the role of agriculture in the Kyoto Protocol.  She is currently collaborating on projects related to local food production, energy use and environmental quality, green infrastructure and ecosystem health and the economic impacts from renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements.